Heartbreak And Hope Ch 13

Covid does not exist in this story world.

In this story, all history 2016 and after is different. Read NO political objective in this story.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

I arrived home after work around twenty after four that afternoon with the shuttle van arriving to take us to Westward Ho and Jennifer waiting for me standing just outside our front door with a smile. One great thing about living in a naturist country is packing goes a lot faster and easier when you don't have to pack clothing. Jennifer greeted me with a kiss then a hug a bit more cuddly than usual and said, "This is going to be so much fun!"

Her smile was a simple one of being happy with our current place in life.

After meeting the shuttle van from the West Condos and almost two hours on the highway West, it dropped us off at the Westward Ho waterfront in front of a New England Saltbox style building with a sailing themed restaurant named 'Krill Em All Grill'. I know, stupid pun name number one billion. The menu was about half seafood, but again, they were smart enough to have non-seafood choices and their grilled chicken sandwich was good.

Jay gave a brief rundown, starting with the usual greeting, "Good evening couples! Tonight we will be staying at a Courtyard by Mariott, yes, most of the chains have locations here. I just warn you to not stay up too long tonight as we have a long day starting bright and early tomorrow morning! Let's see a bit of video about the Petrel."

Movie Max had arranged for a video monitor to show us the video and it was a beautiful ship and a well done promotional video including a history of the ship which originally ran as a general cargo ship between Northern New Jersey which was the end of the line for most freight railroads running into New York City, and The Cornwall Islands. We had already seen Westward Ho so Jennifer and I headed to bed early as suggested and we were both looking forward to the adventure.

Friday, October 23, 2020

They woke us up at a quarter past six and by seven we were taken to the boardwalk area along the harbor to a Saltbox style building that looked like something from Maine. 'The Codfather' had a wonderful atmosphere and view but did not make my favorites list though it was passable. Jay gave us the usual greeting, "Good morning couples! Today we start a truly grand adventure sailing on an authentic sailing ship!"

Everyone, yes even Nick, was all smiles and cheering.

He pointed at the ship sitting perhaps a thousand feet away in the harbor, "That is The Petrel, a three masted schooner some two hundred fifty feet long. Each couple has a cabin though please note the cabins are small, even compared to the small cabins on a typical cruise ship. That is the nature of the ship which was not purpose built for cruises. A few things. The safety drill is not optional and do pay attention. It is not an overlong drill, but is very important. "

"We will be sailing to Bermuda, spending a day then sailing back. This will test how much you have acclimated as Bermuda is not turning naturist on our behalf, but Movie Max has thrown enough money around that you will not be arrested."

He let it sink in and there were a few nervous looks, but we have all been bare assed for over eight months and modesty is kind of a thing of the past for us.

I think.

Jay chuckled a bit, "Yeah, this is a bit of a publicity thing for Movie Max with more hinting at things than anything concrete. If you are asked anything specific, simply say, "I am not at liberty to speak about this and you will have to talk to Movie Max."

"Movie Max has some fun plans for the group including some nice tours and some excellent dining. You will also be given gift vouchers to spend in Hamilton. We will also have several excellent photographers with high end still cameras working for us and you will be provided access so you may print or not according to your own wishes."

Once breakfast was completed, we walked the thousand or so feet to The Petrel and boarded, walking up a gangway onto the main deck where we were greeted by the crew and handed small flutes of champagne plus Jay and a small video and photography crew. The Petrel was over a hundred thirty years old and did have an engine and that is exactly how the ship got us out of the port. I know it's a bit disappointing, but there is quite a bit of sense there in tight quarters where the wind might not be blowing in the correct direction.

Once a few miles offshore, the engine was shut off and the crew unfurled the sails using a surprisingly large amount of manual winches, harnesses, and old fashioned rigging to get the job done. One under sail, we had the safety drill and yes, they were very serious about it. These were modern, fully enclosed cruise ship style lifeboats, not rowboats like in movies. They also showed us four lockers with self inflating life rafts if the lifeboats failed. It was all serious business and we each had a verbal test of what to do and what to do if the first option failed.

Slowly, The Cornwall Islands disappeared behind us as we headed West toward Bermuda as the day passed and we made our way West and the sunset that night was one of the nicest I had seen in a while.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

We woke up right before eight in the morning to the gentle rocking of The Petrel, my stirring causing Jennifer to cuddle close as she reached down for my morning wood, "How about we brush teeth so I can kiss you for real then you show me some lovin?"

Privilege is the woman in your life letting you know directly she desires being intimate with you. After mouths were properly minty we made out a bit with me on top and after a bit, her mood change and I was presented with a nice rear view of Jennifer ass up and on elbows, her femininity not gushing, but I could see wetness along her opening along with a delightful blush pink color telling me she was very much aroused.

I slid in pretty easily, her arousal giving her plenty of lubrication to allow me to enter her with no discomfort on her part. No, I did not slam in, that's a good recipe to hurt the woman you are with and turn a woman with a wet willing vagina into a dry one in and a woman in a bad mood. Once I was a few strokes in with her lubrication properly distributed, I started going at her at a pretty good pace. The nice thing is when she is in that mood, getting her a good release is mostly a matter of reading her cues and matching her tempo. It took a bit, but near ten minutes in, her pace changed and I felt her tighten then flutter. Once she sighed and relaxed, I took this as my cute to push in and empty myself into her depths.

She scooched to the edge to head to clean up, saying, "That was wonderful!" Hearing that sure started my day off right.

After a quick cleanup, Jennifer needed her post coital cuddles, another privilege of mine and I know that is one of the times, she works on keeping her heart bonded to mine. She cuddled then kissed my cheek and said, "I love you so much, Joshua. I wake up every day and find you there... makes me feel so content."

Scents of breakfast drifting down into our cabin made us hungry so we headed up onto deck to them making pancakes on electric griddles while we watched the crew work.

The activity in the rigging and other things needed to keep a sailing ship moving are interesting, but only to a point. I'll admit I am glad it was a relatively short journey, just long enough to be interesting, but it was not like a big cruise ship with a ton of different activities. Breakfast was good, just take your plate and find someplace to sit and eat while watching the world slowly glide by.

Around one that afternoon, Bermuda appeared on the horizon and by half past four, we docked in the Eastern part of Bermuda at the St. George's Wharf rather than The King's Wharf on the Western end where the big cruise ships dock.

As part of their plan, we were a bit of a spectacle. Movie Max had arranged everything, but the couples plus Jay and the video crew were the only naked people on an island where clothing was the norm. A local TV crew was there taking video and we all knew this was part of the mysterious marketing campaign of movie Max.

A crowd had gathered to see 'the boat of naked people' which was a bit awkward though with local TV taking video, it was obviously planned. We were told to be ready to head to dinner around six that evening for a nice dinner in the capital Hamilton.

It was all arranged by Movie Max and no, the police were not there to arrest us for what was clearly a publicity stunt by both Movie Max and the government of Bermuda to get them in the news. And as you can expect, there was lots of staring by the locals as we boarded an open air road tram similar to a shorter version of what they use at Disney World. Jennifer seemed uneasy at first but seemed to relax as we headed into town as she got used to it. I put my arm over her shoulder and side hugged her which caused her to cuddle in and I felt a bit of the tension release. Having the woman in my life feeling comfort from my embrace was food for my soul.

Was I self conscious? Perhaps a bit, but after being that way for over half a year, it was normal for me and it even struck me odd as to why anyone was wearing anything on a perfectly beautiful sunny day. My most intrusive thought was how my mindset was changing to be more like someone from The Cornwall Islands than an American who had not experienced any of this until eight months previous.

There are not a lot of truly open areas along the road to Hamilton though the buildings got taller and there were more buildings painted in pastel colors as we got closer to the center of town. We stopped in front of a three story pastel blue painted building on the main street, Front Street called 'The Hamiltonian'.

Once inside, we were seated at tables that made it clear we were at a higher end place and this was confirmed when we were given heavy menus bound with leather menu covers. Looking inside at the top of each page was 'Prix Fixe 150' and the menu was surprisingly short with just eight choices. Sailfish Ceviche was something I had never heard of nor had I heard of Yellow and Orange Pepper Tuna Genovese. Fortunately at the bottom of that same page was Tenderloin Steak Cubes in Red Wine Sauce. Jennifer ordered the same thing. A few tried some of the other dishes and I did not see anyone send their food back, but I didn't want to be the first.

Once we had ordered Jay started a short meeting, "Good evening couples! Well, what did you think of our journey?"

Ryan raised his hand and said, "I liked it, but I was glad it was just over one day's journey. The ship is great, but lacks the amenities of a cruise ship and I can only watch them adjusting the rigging so much." His wife, Cassie, agreed, "Glad to be able to stretch my legs a bit. The ship is only so long."

Nick echoed his comments, "It's cool to watch, but after a while it got repetitive. I'm not really one for sitting around and the trip had a lot of sitting around."

I hate to agree with Nick, but I agreed with Nick

Jay nodded, "Well, on the way back, we have a special activity planned so there will be a lot less sitting around."

He went into his backpack and brought out a stack of papers and handed out a sheet of paper to each of us. On the paper were the names of each couple with one couple's name crossed out. The name crossed out were the names of the people that received the paper. I received a paper with 'Joshua and Jennifer Simmons' crossed out and my wife received an identical paper.

Jay handed out pens and explained, "I want you to put a 1, 2, and 3 next to the couple you most feel have the biggest chance of staying married for life; put the one next to the couple you think that applies to most and and down to the third. This is an individual exercise so no copying off your neighbor!"

No shock to anyone I gave Anthony and Sophia my number one, and probably not much shock I gave Jayson and Cara as number two. Before this trip, I probably would have given the three to Andrew and Stephanie, but during this trip, the way Cassie stands close to Ryan without consciously thinking about it and the way she seeks his touch... The way she can give him a look and he knows what she wants him to do and he just does it... There was a relish jar that needed opening and she lacked the hand strength to do it. She just handed it to Ryan without a word, but smiled at him. He opened it without a word and handed it back with another smile and in turn, she smiled back at him then scooched a bit closer to him to eat. I gave them my number three.

Jay collected our papers and said, "I will explain everything once we start our way back on Monday."

"After our meal, we have time for you to stroll around to get ideas for some morning shopping here in town. This is obviously to cause a bit of a stir and no, you will not be bothered by the police who are aware of your presence and that the government of the islands is on board. Note that most stores close at five or six in the evening except the grocery stores and restaurants so no shopping tonight. Tomorrow morning you will receive a special prepaid Visa Card with two hundred fifty dollars for you to do some shopping and note that you cannot save the card and must spend it tomorrow. It's all part of our plan."

Dinner arrived and the whole experience was first rate from the appetizers to the meals. Once dinner was completed at half past seven, Jay dismissed us to wander Front Street along the harborfront before a shuttle van would take us back to The Petrel for an early morning.

There was a good amount of nightlife though Jennifer and I wandered, but did not enter any of the somewhat common nightclubs. We were both weary after a long trip even though it was not us working on the ship. Stores ranged from clothing stores which did us no good to luxury stores like Rolex, art galleries, and a mix of tourist type stores selling things like beach towels and sunscreen.

Several stores were of interest to Jennifer who suggested the local art galleries for mementos of this trip. Never having been a shopper and wanting Jennifer to be happy, I agreed. We didn't need clothes and a Rolex on my wrist would be wrecked the first week at my job.

Sunday, October, 25, 2020

There was a soft knock on our cabin door at half past seven in the morning. Jay was playing at being the alarm clock, "Wake up. Long day and breakfast is waiting."

Breakfast was more pancakes on the electric griddles followed by a tram ride that got us into Hamilton as stores opened up at nine that morning. I won't give a play by play of the seven art galleries we went through. Some we were in and out of in less than two minutes. The second-to-last one featured paintings of local land and cityscapes and two hundred eighty dollars later, yes we spent an extra thirty, we had two smallish cityscapes of Hamilton for our living room wall. Expensive, but it mostly wasn't our money and Jennifer was happy, so I was happy.

After lunch at Hamilton Chicken which was near where the tram dropped us, we headed toward the Eastern part of the Island to take a tour of a park with two cave tours. Crystal and Fantasy Caves are separate though very close together and part of a larger park.

Once Jay checked us in, we entered a building and walked down a long flight of stairs into Fantasy cave which is almost filled with water and unlike caves in the mainland US, the temperatures were not chilly. You walk along a walkway that has been installed over the water where you see some attractive cave formations; stalactites and stalagmites and other crystalline formations along the length of the path.

Crystal Cave was very similar though it had a separate charge to get in and it took just over an hour and a half to see both as they were not all that large. After the tour, we walked to the Blue hole, which looked like a smaller version of the cenotes we had been to, but was a sinkhole, not a cenote and this is where we spent the last of the afternoon swimming and having video taken for the upcoming publicity campaign.

At the end of the day, they took us South a couple miles to one of the relatively few beaches in Bermuda as most of the coastline is rocky with short cliffs. We arrived at a bonfire waiting for us along with a barbecue trailer serving us our choice of chicken or pulled pork sandwiches. The pulled pork was so good, that I tried the chicken and was lucky to be full or I would have eaten thirds and fourths and gained twenty pounds. The evening was simply sitting in loungers relaxing with my wife and other members of our group as the sun set.

Monday, October, 26, 2020

We left Bermuda at eleven after a final grand breakfast at a place named Timothy's which was on Front Street near the city center. Jay started us in the usual fashion, "Good morning couples. Once on board and on our way, I will reveal the results of the survey and what the activity for this afternoon will be."

"You are probably curious what the publicity campaign will be and the video taken this weekend will be part of trailers that will debut on February 14, 2021. Note this is all going to start off with no explanation other than showing some of the video highlights which are a bit of misdirection on our part. Obviously we have spent little time in Bermuda and next week, the St. Austell group will visit. There have, of course, been local reports and some of those have been picked up on sites around The US, UK, and Europe."

"We will have a special dinner February 14th, 2021 where you will see the premiere of the video trailers. Don't expect any great reveals on that one and as I said, it's a bit of misdirection, getting the world to think the Bermuda angle is bigger than it actually is."

Breakfast was good as always, I know, no shock and afterward we were taken back to The Petrel and we headed out. An hour into our journey and Jay brought us all together, "Good afternoon couples! So we took our little survey and there should be little shock that Anthony and Sophia were ranked as the closest couple nearly unanimously. They are first up on some impromptu scripted sex videos."

He nodded to Anthony, "Anthony, the way you treat Sophia, putting her first gives me faith that your marriage will last. I won't go into the other couples yet. We are going to shoot three sex scenes today, one each for the top three couples."

He said, "Now, the whole group except for the couple involved gets to play script writer and set a scene for our couple to act out. First up is Anthony and Sophia. So... what should their video scene be?"

Cara raised her hand then said, "Something tender. Anthony is so gentle around her, always holding her close, but not like he is dragging her in. She just... I dunno... It's like when they walk, he puts her arm around her shoulder and she just kind of starts walking closer to him. It would drive me nuts, she is so submiss... Sorry."

Sophia raised her hand, "It's who I am. Do you think I don't know I am submissive? Did you ever consider that I am happy to follow Anthony? I don't like leading. It's not in my nature and I don't want to do it. I'm not like you."

She looked Cara in the eyes, "I'm not like you. I love Anthony because he among all of you accepts me fully for who I am and does not judge me for it. One day I am going to carry his babies and be their mom and THAT thought makes me extremely happy. Knowing I will be the mom of his babies excites me. That is happiness to me, and Anthony is the only one who fully accepts me that way."

She looked at him and her face changed from a bit of irritation to near adoration, "He gets me. He accepts me and he takes the role I need from him. I know he puts me first and that is why I love him so deeply. He leads and I happily follow because he just leads where I want him to take us."